I Give Up: Suunto Gekko or Nitek Duo - $250

[scubadada]

I'm talking about liveaboards and vacation divers. And suunto has the largest share of the computer market right now .. for better or worse: makes finding a buddy easier and simpler. That said, please let me know what your experience has been in buddying up with a nitek!

I think Pealgic Pressure Systems (Oceanic, Aeris, etc) actually has the largest total market share though each of the individual brands has less. I believe Suunto is #2. Interesting that these 2 algorithms represent different ends of the spectrum, liberal to conservative. By the way, the Nitek Duo is definitely on the conservative side, likely not a bad match for Suunto

Good diving, Craig

 

[rakpix]

intersting, so suunto got the early voters ... and nitek got the late ones.

 

[vladimir]

Please explain to me how diving a Suunto will make it easier to find a buddy.

Oh yeah, it's a well-known benefit of owning a Suunto. In fact, the OP has understated it quite a bit; owning a Suunto not only makes finding a buddy easier, it also makes finding a significant-other easier. Within a few short hours of buying my D9 a lovely woman sidled (they always sidle, don't they?) up to me at a bar and said, "Is that a Suunto you're wearing...big guy?" So, yeah, get the Gekko; the glow-in-the-dark face is like flypaper in a nightclub.

 

[buddhasummer]

The Gekko is becoming obsloete and is replaced with the new Suunto Zoop, looks exactly the same to me but yellow so could be some cheap Gekko's going if someone got a few too many in stock.

Zoop and Gekko almost the same comp except: colour and Zoop is "officially" down loadable straight from the box.

 

[northern sole]

Easy battery change too.

Its not just the Gekko that shines in the dark, my Vyper also glows in the dark once I've shone my torch on it although it has backlight as well.

 

[Guy Alcala]

I think Pealgic Pressure Systems (Oceanic, Aeris, etc) actually has the largest total market share though each of the individual brands has less. I believe Suunto is #2. Interesting that these 2 algorithms represent different ends of the spectrum, liberal to conservative. By the way, the Nitek Duo is definitely on the conservative side, likely not a bad match for Suunto

Good diving, Craig

I never liked the older Oceanics, as their primary and alternate displays never seemed to show me all the info I wanted on the same screen, or else with just a single button push. But the new Veo 3.0 display is a lot better (similar to Suunto's layout), and gives you a choice of algorithm: either the Pelagic DSAT (liberal) or the Buhlmann ZH-L16C (more conservative for rec diving, but better for deco diving). The gauge mode stop watch function on the higher end Suuntos and the Tec 2g is still better. The VEO's manual is available for download if the OP wants to take a look.

Guy